Derrick Gilliam
Biography
Derrick Gilliam was born to Joann Gilliam and Earl Black in Lansing, Michigan. He was a former High School and College basketball star at Lansing Sexton High School and Sam Houston State University. Although Derrick went to college on a basketball scholarship acting has always been his first love. Derrick got his start when he was asked to play Tyler Perry's stand-in for the movie Alex Cross in 2011. Since then the acting bug bit Derrick and he has been going full steam ahead landing more and more roles. Derrick is married to Tameka Gilliam and they have 4 children, Rayshawn Blackmon, Dominic Gilliam, Danyae'Pugh, and Denver Gilliam, Derrick has 2 brothers, Brandon Gilliam and Jason Black and 1 sister Tammy Black.
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Winkie (uncredited)
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Tracksuit
A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Mayor Young's Bodyguard
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Robert Mathison
Documentary filmmaker R. Scott Cooper, on a mission to expose the dark side of Christian culture, infiltrates a small group.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Ghost
When an elite special forces commander accidentally uncovers an insidious military conspiracy, his family is brutally murdered. Now the target of an intergalactic manhunt, they will stop at nothing to silence him.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Ralph
College student Johnny is locked out of his girlfriend's apartment and he's buck naked. On his quest for sanctuary and/or pants, he meets the eccentric residents of the apartment complex.